#hedgerows — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hedgerows, aggregated by home.social.
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#Bumblebees are struggling in #UKHeatwaves - but you can help them
Justin Rowlatt, July 21, 2026
Excerpt: "Conservationists say the best way to help is by creating more flower-rich habitats, so bumblebees can find food even as the climate becomes more extreme.
"Dr Sarah Beynon is an insect expert whose west Wales farm is managed for wildlife as well as food. She has planted #meadows, #willows, #hedgerows, #TussockyGrasses and late-flowering crops to give insects food through the summer.
" 'When we came, this farm was a wildlife desert,' she says. 'In 10 years, it's become a nature reserve.'
"Her message is that people do not need acres of land to help. A pot of native wildflowers on a doorstep or windowsill can act as a small refuelling stop for insects moving through a human-dominated landscape.
" 'Your flowerpot is a service station,' she says. 'It's somewhere to rest, refuel and carry on.'
"Dr Richard Comont adds that putting in a pond [#BeeWateringStation] - however small - and shade can also help.
"#Flowers growing near water tend to produce nectar with more moisture in it, he says. Bumblebees cannot collect water in the way honeybees do, they get most of the liquid they need from nectar, so wetter nectar can help make colonies more resilient in hot weather.
Whilst planting dense #shrubs gives bumblebees places to escape the heat of the sun, and can allow them to move between flowers through cooler patches of air."Learn more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c141lymnl2yoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/AbQwI#SolarPunkSunday #SaveTheBees #MoreFlowers #GardeningForPollinators #ClimateChange #Heatwaves
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National Hedgerow Week 💚
4 – 10 May 2026
https://treecouncil.org.uk/seasonal-campaigns/national-hedgerow-week/#NationalHedgerowWeek #TreeCouncil #TheTreeCouncil #Hedgerows #Trees #SolarPunkSunday
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.# 307
Research suggests that protecting/enhancing existing #hedgerows with early blooming species like #willow, hawthorn, ground ivy, red dead-nettle, maple and cherry could improve bumblebee colony success rate from 35-100%.
#bees #bumblebees
#nature #biodiversity
#education #science
#insects #environment
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From the hedges #orangejasmine #gardening #hedgerows
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The Orange Jasmines bloomed overnight bringing in amazing fragrance
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"The National Hedgelaying Society (NHLS) is a UK-based charity dedicated to promoting and preserving the traditional craft of hedgelaying. We aim to raise awareness about the environmental and cultural significance of hedgerows, offering training courses and certifications to maintain high standards within the craft."
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Wicklow County Council is inviting volunteers to take part in a major native hedgerow planting event at Bray Head on Sunday, February 8th, supporting local biodiversity restoration and climate resilience.
https://bray.ie/the-big-dig-help-plant-3000-native-trees-at-bray-head/#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #Treescapes #TreePlanting #PlantingTrees #TreeCare #Woods #WoodLands #BioDiversity #Hedgerows #Wicklow #Ireland #Volunteers #ClimateResilience
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When to plant a hedge
The best time to plant a hedge is when the saplings are dormant during winter, from November to March.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/managing-trees-and-woods/hedge-planting-and-maintenance/#Plants #SolarPunkSunday #Gardens #Gardening #PlantingTimes #Hedgerows #Saplings #Planting
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Mornin’
Check out this fine Bullfinch breakfasting on blackberry seeds here at #WorldBeeSanctuary today!
A very obvious take away:
the importance of leaving #hedgerows and #nature be.
Stop tidying nature.
Stop decimating hedgerows.
Wild creatures need wild spaces all year round.
Nature provides.
If we allow her.
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CPRE September Blog From The North Pennines
https://www.cpre.org.uk/discover/a-month-in-the-countryside-connecting-with-nature-in-september/#SolarPunkSunday #Rivers #Hedgerows #Dragonflies #WildLife #Insects #Birds #Bats #CPRE #Nature #BioDiversity
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Hazel dormice are a native #rodent to the #UK and are the only one with a distinctive furry tail, and while they can live in many habitats, they favour #woodlands and #hedgerows.
However, the #dormouse population has declined by 70% nationally since 2000, and the species is now extinct in 20 English counties, according to a 2023 report.
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🎶 "If there's a bustle in your #hedgerow, don't be alarmed, though / it's just a spring clean for the May Queen..."🎵 - Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, "Stairway To Heaven," 1971.
Farmers urged to limit #hedge cutting to aid #nature
by John Ayres, 5 September 2024
"But farmers are being asked to consider cutting their hedges once every two-to-three years, instead of annually, and letting them grow a bit longer.
"They say allowing the hedges to grow provides more food and shelter for birds and #wildlife, which in turn benefits the #environment."
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Could This #Arizona Ranch Be a Model for #Southwest Farmers?
Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwest’s first #Regenerative #Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering #ClimateChange.
" 'We embraced the abundance of #heirloom and native crops in the #SonoranDesert,' Hansen said. 'We are looking at the land and asking it what we should grow, rather than asking the land to grow what we want.' " - Dax Hansen, owner of Oatman Flats Ranch.
By Samuel Gilbert
May 12, 2025Excerpt: "Regeneration Rooted in #Indigenous Practices
"Southern Arizona’s rich agricultural history stretches back more than 5,000 years. By 600 CE, the Hohokam people were constructing North America’s largest and most elaborate irrigation systems along the Salt and Gila Rivers. The descendants of the Hohokam—the Pima and Tohono O’odham—continued to farm the land up to and after the arrival of the Spanish, who began to colonize southern Arizona in the 1600s. They continue to farm in Arizona today.
"At the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation, about two hours southeast of Oatman Flats, the San Xavier Co-op Farm uses historic land management practices and grows traditional crops that reflect their respect for the land, plants, animals, elders, and the sacredness of water.
"San Xavier Farm Manager Duran Andrews and his team plant #CoverCrops, rotate fields, and collect #rainwater.
" '[Regenerative agriculture] is nothing new to us,' Andrews said. 'We have been doing this for decades. Harmony between nature and people has been our approach all the time.' Rotating fields and cultivating multiple mutually beneficial species in the same fields improves water and soil quality and biodiversity in this harsh landscape.
" 'You’ve seen what the land looks like in five years; imagine it in 10. If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.'
"The co-op grows a variety of native crops that were developed in the region and cultivated for centuries or, in some cases, millennia, such as grains and beans, which they sell online. 'We irrigate them till they sprout, then cut them off till the monsoon shows up,' Andrews said. 'We try to keep crops in that hardy state through all the years and decades they have been here. We try not to get away from how things were done in the past.'
"They also grow White Sonora wheat, introduced to Arizona by Spanish Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s. 'It was a gift from Father Kino that we have taken as our own,' Andrews said. 'The [San Xavier] community was one of the first to grow this wheat.'
"Following the Mexican-American War in the mid-1800s, the United States claimed parts of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah. The Anglo ranchers who moved into the area dug canals to irrigate agricultural fields, transforming the landscape. An 1852 watercolor by surveyor Jon Russell Bartlett depicts a verdant valley with cottonwoods and mesquite trees lining a flowing Gila River as it passes through Oatman Flats Ranch.
"That landscape is unrecognizable today. The lower Gila has gone bone dry after years of upstream diversions, dams, water overuse, and climate change. In 2019, the Gila River earned the title of Most Endangered River by the nonprofit advocacy group American Rivers.
"Standing on the sandy Gila riverbed, which divides the north and south farms of Oatman Flats Ranch, Wang pointed to the nearby invasive salt cedars. Healing the land involves rebuilding the water, nutrient, and carbon cycles from the ground up, 'at the micro level,' he said. 'On the macro level, it’s broken.'
"The ranch team has poured resources into rebuilding soil health by planting #hedgerows and 30-plus species of cover crops, at a cost of approximately $100,000. The hedgerows, mostly native trees, were planted along the edges of the fields to reduce erosion and provide habitat for beneficial species, including #pollinators such as #bees and #hummingbirds.
"The cover crops — #millet, #chickpeas, #sunflowers, #sorghum, sudan grass, broadleaves, and #NativeGrasses among them—are planted immediately after harvesting wheat, to provide 'soil armor,' help conserve water, fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds, attract beneficial insects, and sequester carbon. The once-barren land now supports life for more than 120 species of flora and fauna."
Read more:
https://civileats.com/2025/05/12/could-this-arizona-ranch-be-a-model-for-southwest-farmers/#SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #RegenerativeFarming #RestorativeAgriculture #ClimateChangeFarming
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Devon Hedge Group
"farmers are being asked to consider cutting their hedges once every two-to-three years, instead of annually,...allowing the hedges to grow provides more food and shelter for birds and wildlife, which in turn benefits the environment."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvp07q1r6vo#Farming #Hedges #Hedgerows #Devon #DevonHedgeGroup #Birds #Wildlife #NatureFriendlyFarming #Nature #Environment #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #SolarPunkSunday
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Butterfly numbers 'boosted by trees and hedgerows'
6 July 2025, 07:13 BST
#Trees, #hedgerows and small copses can significantly increase the number of #butterflies in farmed #landscapes, a study has found.#Oxford University carried out research with the #Butterfly #Conservation charity which found ancient trees were associated with higher butterfly species richness.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2n0le34epo -
Mornin’.
Today I’m issuing an executive order declaring May 15th as World Whitethorn Day!
The UN no longer has the monopoly on World Days!
So let’s see your photos celebrating this magnificent tree.
#WorldWhitethornDay
Go on you know you want to!
#whitethorn
#hawthorn
#nature
#trees
#wildlife
#biodiversity
#hedgerows
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More than 700,000 trees planted in Surrey
More than 700,000 trees have been planted in Surrey as the county council aims for 1.2 million saplings by 2030.
May 8, 2025
"In the past year, Surrey County Council said its initiative had created about 49,000 new trees and #hedgerows.
"This brings the total number of trees planted to 768,832 since 2019 – more than halfway to the county's target of planting one tree for every Surrey resident.
"A range of community projects have been supporting the challenge.
"Meanwhile, an orchard of 10 fruit trees was created at Goldsworth Park Medical Centre in #Woking as part of the #NHSForest scheme, which aims to transform green spaces within healthcare sites to improve health, #wellbeing and #biodiversity.
"Marisa Heath, Surrey County Council's cabinet member for environment, said: 'Trees play a vital role in enhancing the appearance of Surrey's green spaces, while also strengthening our climate resilience.
" 'We couldn't do this alone, so I thank all the partners, communities and residents who support this initiative. I encourage you to continue to do so to achieve our target for the benefit of our communities and future generations to come.' "
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9e9y48k1vo
#Rewilding #RewildingUK #SolarPunkSunday #PlantingTrees #GreenSpaces #SurreyUK
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Why is this done to hedgerows? Nothing can nest safely in this.
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How farming in #forests could sustain the planet
While growing crops under the canopy may not feed the world, it can help save forests from the axe.
By Sophie Yeo
Excerpt:
"The practice of incorporating trees into agriculture is known as agroforestry, and it has been practised for thousands of years in a number of variations. Some involve planting trees on existing farmland, while other methods use an existing forest as a living laboratory for growing shade-loving species.
"For instance, the traditional #hedgerows that enclose many English fields are an unremarkable sight for many people, yet they provide many ecological benefits including opportunities for foraging and a habitat for #wildlife like #hedgehogs. Less familiar are methods such as alley cropping, where trees are planted in wide rows with crops grown in between them. The approach practiced at Big River Chestnuts farm is known as forest farming, a technique which involves the intentional cultivation of plants beneath the forest canopy (as opposed to foraging for wild species in an existing forest).
"These methods can avoid many of the pitfalls of our current food system, which has caused a precipitous decline in biodiversity and currently contributes around a third of global emissions. But #ForestFarming also provides an incentive to protect existing forests themselves, by giving them an economic reason to remain standing, rather than being logged or cleared. #ForestFarms are usually associated with high-value species that thrive in a shaded environment, including foodstuffs like shiitake mushrooms, but also herbal and medicinal plants."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/how-farming-in-forests-could-sustain-the-planet.html
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Hedgerows increase soil carbon storage by 40%, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-02-hedgerows-soil-carbon-storage.html
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.# 317.
Research suggests that protecting and enhancing existing #hedgerows with early blooming species including #willow, #hawthorn ground ivy, red dead-nettle, maple and cherry could improve #bumblebee colony success rate from 35% to 100%.
#bees